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2009年12月大学英语四级考试预测试题(三)(5)

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　　Part III Listening Comprehension

　　Section A

　　11. W:Oh, you are back. This is a pleasant surprise. It is not lunch time yet. Are you through work?

　　M:No, I forgot some papers this morning。

　　Q:Why did the man return home?

　　【解析】［D］这是一对夫妻的对话。妻子说：你回来啦，真是个惊喜，还没到午饭时间呢，你工作完了么？丈夫说：没有，我今早忘了带一些文件。可见，丈夫回家来是为了取些文件。本题需要间接推理。

　　12.M:Two ten-cent stamps and four eight-cent stamps, please。

　　W:Here you are. That will be fifty- two cents。

　　Q:Where did this conversation most probably take place?

　　【解析】［D］关键词在于听出stamps邮票。男士说：我要两张十分的邮票和四张八分的邮票。女士说：给你，一共52美分。显然，这是在邮局买邮票时发生的一段对话。

　　13.M:You said the paper you’ve just finished fell on the floor, but I can’t find it。

　　W:Look under the desk, back in the corner。

　　Q:What does the woman mean?

　　【解析】［C］男士说：你说你刚完成的论文掉地上了，但我没找到。女士说：看看桌子下面，后面的角落。因此，女士的意思是要他在桌子下面再仔细找找。

　　14. M:The train is late. When will it arrive?

　　W:They say it’s late for 25 minutes, so it should be here at 11: 46.

　　Q: When will the train arrive?

　　【解析】［C］本题中女士提到火车晚点25分钟是个干扰项，她说的后半句话即是答案so it should be here at 11: 46。

　　15. M:I would like to move to the suburbs, but I don’t have enough money to pay the high taxis。

　　W:I wish you could. It’s nice to live there。

　　Q:Why isn’t the man moving to the suburbs?

　　【解析】［D］本题为推理题，对话中没有直接给出答案，需要推理。男士说：我很想住郊区，但我没那么多钱付高额的打的费。打的费高只能是因为郊区离工作的地点太远的缘故。

　　16.W:Jack, would you like to go to the club with us tomorrow night?

　　M:I wish I could, but I have to work on my term paper。

　　Q:Is Jack going to the club?

　　【解析】［A］女士问：杰克，明天晚上跟我们一起去俱乐部吧？男士说：我很想去，但是我必须写我的学期论文。由此可见，杰克是不会去俱乐部的。

　　17. M:Think it over carefully, you must have left it somewhere。

　　W:But the problem is that I have to have it now. I need it to use my car, and when I get home, to open the door。

　　Q: What happened to the woman?

　　【解析】［B］对话中的女士丢了钥匙，但是对话里却没出现钥匙keys这一词。男士说：仔细想想，你一定把它落在哪儿了。女士说：问题是我现在需要用它，我要用它来开车，回家后还要用它开门。那她丢的一定是钥匙了。

　　18. W:Werent you nervous when the professor called on you in class?

　　M:Id say I was shaking all over。

　　Q:How did the man feel when he was called on?

　　【解析】［A］女士问：当教授在班上点到你的时候你不紧张吗？男士说：我浑身都在抖。shaking all over说明男士非常担忧和害怕。

　　Now you’ll hear two long conversations。

　　Conversation One

　　W:Let’s go in here and order some coffee while we look at your pictures。

　　M:Good idea. We’d both like coffee, please. OK, here’s one of Ed’s, my roommate. I took this picture right after we had arrived at the school this fall. We had just met, in fact. And this was our room of the dormitory while we were unpacking all our things. What a mess!

　　W:You certainly had a lot of boxes. How did you ever find room for everything?

　　M: In the beginning we thought we’d never get all arranged but now we are very comfortable. Lucky for me, Ed keeps his things neat。

　　W:Do you like living in the dormitory?

　　M:It’s not bad. Sometimes Ed turns his radio up too loud and makes too much noise. Then I get angry. Sometimes I leave my books lying around and he gets angry. But usually we get along. Here’s a picture of him taken when we went to visit my family during vacation。

　　W:And this last one?

　　M:That’s my dog Spot。

　　Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard。

　　19.Where is this conversation most probably taking place?

　　【解析】［B］从女士的话Let’s go in here and order some coffee中可以得出答案。snack bar意思是小吃店。四个选项中只有可能在小吃店里喝咖啡，因此选择B项。

　　20. Who is Ed?

　　【解析】［B］从对话中可直接听出答案，here’s one of Ed’s, my roommate，这一张是Ed的照片，我的室友。由此可见Ed是男士的室友。

　　21. Why does the man sometimes get angry at Ed?

　　【解析】［A］本题亦可在对话中直接听出答案Ed turns his radio up too loud and makes too much noise. Then I get angry. 由于Ed制造太多噪音，男士对此非常生气。

　　22. What did Ed do during vacation?

　　【解析】［D］最后一张Ed的照片是拍摄于假期他去我家玩儿的时候。由此可见，Ed假期时去了男士的家。

　　Conversation Two

　　M:Do you know what happened to me today? I was so embarrassed。

　　W:What?

　　M: Well, Dr. Brown’s class finished 10 minutes early, so I went to the library between classes. I knew I didn’t have much time, but I wanted to get these books on the Industrial Revolution. I looked them up in the card catalogue and went right to the stack and found them. So I put them in my bookbag and headed back towards the door. Then it happened. The exit gate in front of the door wouldn’t open, and the guard immediately warned me that I hadn’t checked out my books. He thought I was trying to steal them。

　　W:That must’ve been embarrassing. But why didnt the exit gate open?

　　M: I asked them that. It seems that the books in the library are all magnetically coded, and when you check them out, the librarian behind the desk demagnetizes them, then the exit gate will open。

　　W:How interesting! I still don’t quite understand how they do it, though. I’ll have to go to the library and see it for myself。

　　Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have heard。

　　23.Why did the man decide to go to the library?

　　【解析】［A］布朗教授的课提前十分钟下课了，因此我决定在课间去趟图书馆。Dr. Brown’s class finished 10 minutes early, so I went to the library between classes。

　　24. After getting the books, what did the man do?

　　【解析】［D］男生拿到书之后直接把书塞到书包里了So I put them in my bookbag and headed back towards the door。从这句话中可得出答案。

　　25.According to the man, what happens to all the books in the library?

　　【解析】［B］从男生的话中可看出图书馆里的所有书都经过特殊编码了。It seems that the books in the library are all magnetically coded。

　　Section B

　　Passage One

　　The first step to stop drug abuse is knowing why people start to use drugs. The reasons people abuse drugs are as different as people are from one to another. But there seems to be one common thread: people seem to take drugs to change the way they feel. They want to feel better or feel happy or to feel nothing. Sometimes, they want to forget or to remember. People often feel better about the roseleaf when they are under the influence of drugs. But the effects don’t last long. Drugs don’t solve problems. They just postpone them. No matter how far drugs may take you, it’s always around trip. After a while, people who miss drugs may feel worse about themselves, and then they may use more drugs. If someone you know is using or abusing drugs, you can help. The most important part you can play is to be there. You can let your friends know that you care. You can listen and try to solve the problem behind your friend’s need to use drugs. Two people together can often solve a problem that seems too big for one person alone. Studies of heavy abusers in the United States show that they felt unloved and unwanted. They didn’t have close friends to talk to. When you or your friends take the time to care for each other, you’re all helping to stop drugs abuse. After all, what is a friend for?

　　Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard。

　　26.Why do some people abuse drugs?

　　【解析】［B］人们吸毒是想改变自己的感受，想觉得快乐些、美好些。从以下两句话中可以看出。But there seems to be one common thread: people seem to take drugs to change the way they feel. They want to feel better or feel happy or to feel nothing。

　　27. According to the passage, what is the best way to stop friends from abusing drugs?

　　【解析】［A］帮助朋友戒毒的最好方法是帮助解决他的心理问题。吸毒者常常觉得自己不被爱，不被人所需要。作为朋友，应该做的就是陪伴在其左右，聆听他的痛苦和问题，让他感受到温暖和关爱。

　　28. What are the findings of the studies about heavy drug users?

　　【解析】［A］从下面这句话中可以得出结论。Studies of heavy abusers in the United States show that they felt unloved and unwanted。研究表明严重的吸毒者都是觉得自己不被爱不被需要的，因此他们需要的是关心和关爱。

　　Passage Two

　　A six-year-old boy has been found alive after spending four days and five nights in an icebox that was buried under tons of ruins in Thursday’s big earthquake. The boy Tom was found early yesterday in the village of Sem as rescuers were working to pull his father out of the ruins of their home. Hearing a faint cry of “Get me out. Get me out”， rescuers dug down another one point five meters and found the boy in the icebox. He was pronounced in a good condition, suffering only four or five slight wounds. Tom’s eight brothers and sisters died in the earthquake which officials say may have killed as many as 50,000 people, By Sunday foreign doctors were leaving the earthquake areas as hope had faded of finding any more survivors。

　　Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard。

　　29. What happened to the boy in earthquake?

　　【解析】［B］He was pronounced in a good condition, suffering only four or five slight wounds。从中看出男孩只受了一点儿小伤。

　　30. How many days had passed before the boy was rescued?

　　【解析】［A］四天五夜four days and five nights，因此答案为四天左右about four days。

　　31. How did the boy survive the big earthquake?

　　【解析】［C］男孩躲在冰箱里，因此侥幸在地震中生存了下来。

　　Passage Three

　　There are three groups of English learners: beginners, intermediate learners, and learners of special English. Beginners need to learn the basics of English. Students who have reached an intermediate level benefit from learning general English skills. But what about students who want to learn specialist English for their work or professional life? Most students, who fit into this third group have a clear idea about what they want to learn. A bank clerk, for example, wants to use this specialist vocabulary and technical terms of finance. But for teachers, deciding how to teach specialist English is not always so easy. For a start, the variety is enormous. Every field from air-line pilots to secretaries has its own vocabulary and technical terms. Teachers also need to have an up-to-date knowledge of that specialist language, and not many teachers are exposed to working environments outside the classroom. These issues have influenced the way specialist English is taught in schools. This type of course is usually known as English for Specific Purposes or ESP and there are ESP courses for almost every area of professional and working life. In Britain, for example, there are courses which teach English for doctors, lawyers, reporters, travel agents and people working in the hotel industry. By far, the most popular ESP courses are for business English。

　　Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard。

　　32. What is the characteristic of learners of special English?

　　【解析】［D］专业英语的学习者的特点是他们明确地知道自己要学什么。They know clearly what they want to learn。

　　33. Who needs ESP courses most?

　　【解析】［A］最需要ESP课程的是那些专门从事某项职业的人员，因此正确答案为professionals。

　　34. What are the most popular ESP courses in Britain?

　　【解析】［B］短文最后一句点出了本题的答案，在英国最流行的专业英语课是关于商务英语的。By far, the most popular ESP courses are for business English。

　　35. What is the speaker mainly talking about?

　　【解析】［C］这篇文章主要讲了些什么？很显然，全文都在讲专业英语，即ESP，English for Specific Purposes。

　　Section C

　　36.【答案】undoubtedly

　　【解析】undoubtedly意为“毋庸置疑地，的确”。煤毋庸置疑将成为重要的能源。